He was thrown out for ruining the show for everyone around him, said Amy Sloane, 40, of Howell, who was sitting in front of Holland.

“He was loud and he had a chip on his shoulder,” said Sloane, who didn’t know that Holland was a pitcher for the Rangers. “He was heckling people around us and talking about the group and just being really obnoxious.”

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About an hour into the Counting Crows set, a young man in front of Sloane asked Holland to quiet down. Words were exchanged, and then security got involved. They escorted Holland out of the venue.

“Everyone clapped,” Sloane said. “They all felt the same way. Finally after that, everyone was dancing and enjoying themselves.

“Everyone was relieved that he was gone.”

Though his concert etiquette may need some work, he is otherwise having a great year. In 16 starts for the Rangers, the 26-year-old has a 3.14 ERA and is one of 13 qualified AL starters with an ERA below 3.50. He signed a five-year, $28.5 million extension with the Rangers in March last year.

You should really look into the mental illness he lives with before joking so much. I know a person with the same disorder, and he’ll never be able to handle anything more than being a waiter. It’s sad to see, I give Adam credit for fighting through, and his band mates for understanding his mental state, so that they could all be successful.

buggieowens - Jun 28, 2013 at 8:58 PM

Overcoming mental illness is indeed not something to make jokes about, which is why I did not make a joke about his mental illness.

My former next door neighbor obsessiveness with “Mr Jones and Me” back in 1993, however, is fair game.

Everyone who voted down just as much butt hurt as Craig. With Craig great journalist skills he forgot to say how derrek was kicked out … For standing up and taking pictures . Wow. Good job Craig for hating on a young kid who brought up a old record on your yankees .

That’s what people with no musical taste do. They go to something stupid like a Counting Crows/Wallflowers concert because they think that they should, the lameness sets in, they get bored and frustrated, act out, and then find themselves kicked out. And because they have no taste, instead of tweeting about how boring the music was, they tweet about how boring the people were.

Places that can be referenced in a story that start with “I got kicked out of” and have that story potentially be potentially badass: Bar, sporting event, school, wedding, elementary school dance recital, funeral, or any concert other than a Counting Crows one.

Looks like some of you completely missed the point. So you would never go to a particular band’s concert, that much is obvious. There were people who wanted to see this band and Holland was wrecking the experience for them so he got tossed. A jerk is a jerk, no matter the venue.

Making the act the focal point of your comments just makes you sound like you’re an apologist for his boorish behavior. No, I’m certainly not a fan of this band, but back in the day I listened to, and liked, the Doors, the Grateful Dead, the Moody Blues, etc.

Since when did “Oh, well, that band (car, tv show, sporting event, college major, etc.) sucks so fuck all of them for liking them” become an acceptable expression?